A qualitative examination of primary care providers' and physician managers' uses and views of research evidence

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-414

  Lorenz, Karl A ^a,b,c,d   Ryan, Gery W ^b   Morton, Sally C ^b,c   Chan, Kitty S ^b   Wang, Steven ^a   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Veterans Integrated Palliative Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Focus groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTIVATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

EID: 28944453788     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi054     Document Type: Article

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